Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing · Wisconsin
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier
Plainfield, WI · ~15 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade F.
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier: 11.7 TCR = 261% of Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier safety composite
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 18.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier: 9.8 → 18.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 57.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2021
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier's TCR rose 8.5 from 9.8 in 2018 to 18.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 57.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Plainfield, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 261% of ind
- DART 18.3 DART
- RANK #15/16
- PHOTO Grower Direct Nut Co…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~15 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grower Direct Nut Company (0.1 TCR gap)
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Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Central Califo
Central California Almond Growers (Kerman)
12.3 TCR
- Grower Direct
Grower Direct Nut Company
11.9 TCR
- This site
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier
11.7 TCR
- Mountainland A
Mountainland Apples, Inc
11.5 TCR
- Fruition Sales
Fruition Sales
11.3 TCR
What this shows Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier averages 11.7 TCR (261% of the Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier TCR series: 2018=9.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=57.3 · 2021=18.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier falls in its industry
666 Vegetable sorting, grading, an establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Vegetable sorting, grading, an employers in Wisconsin.
Paragon Potato Farms - Frontier has fewer employees than the Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 57.3 | 57.3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · WI · Plainfield
666 Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 4 employers in Plainfield, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Grower Direct Nut Company | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mountainland Apples, Inc | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fruition Sales | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) | 12.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pilgrim's Breeder Group | 15 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Home Improvements | 15 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Joseph, MO | 15 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Borsche Roofing Professionals Inc | 15 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wysocki Produce Farm - Plainfield | 103 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plainfield Trucking, Inc. | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Central Irrigation | 23 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RoofSvcPro1 | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Belle Haven Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sondex Inc | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northwest Door Puyallup | 11.7 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.